1 Peter 2:3
Because yee haue tasted that the Lord is bountifull.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
In Context
2As newe borne babes desire that sincere milke of the woorde, that yee may growe thereby,
4To whome comming as vnto a liuing stone disallowed of men, but chosen of God and precious,
Cross References
Psalms 24:8Who is this King of glorie? the Lord, strong and mightie, euen the Lord mightie in battell.
Psalms 63:5My soule shalbe satisfied, as with marowe and fatnesse, and my mouth shall praise thee with ioyfull lippes,
Zechariah 9:17For howe great is his goodnesse! and howe great is his beautie! corne shall make the yong men cherefull, and newe wine the maides.
Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 2:2-4
Against Malice and Hypocrisy. ( a. d. 66.) 1 Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, 2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: 3 If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious. The holy apostle has been recommending mutual charity, and setting forth the excellences of the word of God, calling it an incorruptible seed, and saying that it liveth and abideth for ever. He pursues his discourse, and very properly… Read the whole commentary →